BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Alabama immigration law, immigrant rights and the Civil Rights Movement will be topics at the Birmingham Public Library's 10th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Lecture on Wednesday.

Isabel Rubio, the executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, will be the featured speaker at the noon lecture, which will be held in the Arrington Auditorium at the library's Linn-Henley Research Building.

Rubio will address Alabama's 2011 immigration law, as well as the involvement of Latinos in the Civil Rights Movement. She will also discuss the current state of affairs for immigrants in Alabama and nationally.

"Everybody deserves equality and equal
rights," Rubio said in a BPL press release.

Isabel Rubio

Many Birmingham residents are familiar with HICA due to the organization's annual tamale sale. The non-profit also provides education, training, family resources and employment information to the Hispanic community of Alabama, and advocates on behalf of that community. HICA has also organized against the Alabama immigration law, known colloquially as HB 56.